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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What change had come over Lucy since the cockchafer episode?

2. What was used to fan the O'Hanlons back to consciousness?

3. What did Lucy want to eat?

4. What did the Padre dream about when he was asleep?

5. What is used to help load the brass cannons?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Lucy becomes covered in Chockchafers?

2. What does Fleury hear in the morning which he finds beautiful? What is Ram's comment on this and Fleury's thought about it?

3. What table is used for the altar for the Wright baby's Baptism?

4. What does Rayne, who is in charge of the Commissariat, do to enrage the Collector?

5. At the end of Chapter 29 what does the Collector read about in the phrenology book and what does he eat on the way downstairs?

6. Who arrives at the Residency to announce the rescue and what does he find?

7. What happens to Ford in Chapter 30 and what falls on the Collector?

8. What does Fleury do for Louise's birthday?

9. What happens to Harry and Fleury years after the siege?

10. What is the seeming snow from the sky which causes confusion to the enemy and allows the men to reload their cannons?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Compare the characters of Harry and Fleury. How are they alike, how different?

2) Compare the characters of the Magistrate and the Collector, their similarities , their differences.

3) Compare the characters of Lucy and Louise.

Choose two of the three character comparisons to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) Describe Fleury's and his sister, Louise's time in Calcutta before they continue on to Krishnapur. What is the social scene like in Calcutta?

2) What happens to Harry in the bazaar on his way to Krishnapur?

3) What is Harry afraid of ? What frightens Fleury?

Choose two of the three questions to answer.

Essay Topic 3

1) Describe some of the personal possessions the British residents refuse to part with and pile up in the Residency. Do you feel this is

foolish?

2) Write your opinion of Lucy's repeated threats to commit suicide. Do you feel they're legitimate or is she just trying to get attention. What is

your opinion of Harry's and Fleury's reaction to Lucy?

3) How is the situation of the native Christians and Eurasians wailing outside the gates handled? Is this a fair decision , in your opinion?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

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